連(つ)れて帰(かえ)る

つれてかえる
expression
to bring someone/something home; to take back with one
daily-life
1. to bring someone home; to take someone back
To bring a person or animal back to one's home or starting point. Implies accompaniment — the speaker goes together with the person or creature being brought.
子(こ)どもを連(つ)れて帰(かえ)る。
To take the children home.
迷(まよ)い猫(ねこ)を連(つ)れて帰(かえ)ってしまった。
I ended up bringing a stray cat home.
友(とも)だちが酔(よ)っ払(ぱら)ったので、タクシーで連(つ)れて帰(かえ)った。
My friend got drunk, so I took them home by taxi.

A compound verb expression combining 連(つ)れる (to take along, to bring a person) in its て-form with 帰(かえ)る (to return home). The subject accompanies the object back — it cannot be used for sending someone home alone.

Usage

Conjugates via the 帰(かえ)る portion (godan verb): 連(つ)れて帰(かえ)らない, 連(つ)れて帰(かえ)った, 連(つ)れて帰(かえ)ろう, etc.

Similar words

  • 連(つ)れて行(い)く: to take someone along (going away from home)
  • 連(つ)れて来(く)る: to bring someone here
  • 送(おく)り届(とど)ける: to escort/deliver someone — more formal, implies responsibility
  • 連(つ)れ戻(もど)す: to bring back — stronger nuance of retrieval or compulsion